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I’m sure I’m not the first to blog about this (and I certainly won’t be the last), but the release of a new study about Summer Reading impacts has me churning with ideas and possibilities. The GLIS at Dominican University has some pretty good data to prove what we have known for years–children’s librarians are doing significant, important work. How we get leaders — in the library world, in the financial world, in the education departments of our governments – to recognize and support this is what I see as our biggest hurdle. The executive summary has a few recommendations, which I would hope someday to see come true. The first is “Recognizing that public libraries play a significant role in helping to close the achievement gap in school performance”. Read the full report (executive summary is included in this) here. So, as you sigh over how hard you are...